Jack is just on another playing field that others can't get to as most don't understand his greatness. That's why I love the story when he first came to Alexis Korners I believe it was. They tried playing a really fast jazz piece to throw him off an to try an to cut him but he picked it up no problem an played right along with the rest. And he was only a 19 year old kid. Jack will always, ALWAYS, be number 1 in my book.

You and I need to jam then!!

We would be friends! My thoughts EXACTLY!

same same same

Saw them in Chicago in 68, a 15 year old kid and now a 70 year old geezer…. I LOVE CREAM…🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

Ever hear of Jeff Beck???

@@rossb.4773 Not even in the same league as Clapton, let alone Ginger Baker an Jack Bruce. Cream is 13.8 billion ly ahead of Jeff Beck as he is not even in just a single light year as Clapton, let alone Becks band compared to Baker an Bruce. Like I said, Cream was the big bang that started it all.

@@arminiushermann09 . . . and JB might well agree!

@@rossb.4773 lol. Ok

Greatest rock singer I've ever heard. And to think Cream was the first band he was lead singer in!

Regarding the end of the band, and playing their last shows here, he was the one who took it the hardest, and it often shows.

This is probably the best number from the Farewell show

I love this show!!! So raw!! So powerful!! Cream at thier best!!

Really?? Wow. This is my favorite version of this song.

@@curlyfro97 Yeah, they basically said this original Farewell concert was rubbish. Crazy.

it's just the sound and video quality isn't the greatest

I saw them in 1966 at Union Catholic High school, they played 1 hour and left. They were totally burned out.

Yeah. Totally. 🎶👌

@@maxinemckenzie6076 Just an unbelievable band. Both Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker had a jazz background, which gave Cream a dimension that few other rock bands had. Prior to Cream they had played together in the Graham Bond Organization, one of the earliest jazz-rock bands. Unfortunately, Jack and Ginger hated each other for some lunatic reason, which led to the breakup of Cream after two years.

He was the prototype for playing the bass like a lead instrument. He and Les Claypool are, in my humble opinion, the greatest players of that instrument to have ever walked the earth. They have very different styles but a complete mastery of their craft

That's exactly why Eric wanted to play with Jack

another thing that is amazing, is Clapton never again played like this,

Swing and bombast! Accenting and dynamics. My favorite band

OxFan iii

Interesting though isn't it how all Cream members didn't rate it as a performance? It's mindblowing, to me. But by their standards, maybe not.

And both played through stacks of Guitar Amps, instead of the big bass amps of the time

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b8dippOastGrpGQ.html Verdad !

Actually only 2.5 years. June 1966 to Nov 1968.

Clapton never played that good after Cream, he kind of faded away from the spotlight, sure he continued to play well,......but never like he did in Cream

I disagree, but I certainly "understand" your reasoning. I think when he switched to "Strats" he was attempting to focus more on compositions as opposed to "jamming" due to the much documented influence of folks like : "The Band" and American Roots musicians like Leon Russell, Delaney and Bonnie and JJ Cale among others of course. After "Blind Faith", Eric got serious regarding his writing and he really blossomed.... If you listen to his first 1970 solo offering "Eric Clapton" this is clear, BUT his solo work w/ some of those "Roots" musicians, Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle and Jim Gordon really gels and with Duane Allman setting fire to him Eric produced what many consider his Magnum Opus "Derek and the Dominoes, Layla and other assorted Love songs". Cheers @@cliffords2315

I did see an interview of Eric saying that he didn’t want the camera facing him cause he was wired up on some drugs

Maybe that was because the cameraman realized that it was Jack not Eric that was the REAL GOD

The entire camera crew for this concert should be hung. It’s like they hired people off the street, gave them acid and a camera.

@@LuisFlores-gl7ke Not so. Eric was furious with Director Tony Palmer for not shooting him and the band like other concert films.

@@guitar1067 and not paying the band

the album version is one of my favorites

SupernalOne the album version has a certain vibe n' slowheartbeat groove to it,that's killer!

Maybe with a little help from hes „friends“ ;-)

Are you mad ? Jack Bruce did not disappear anywhere, he died. After Cream he did ?

@@andy7823 ...a ton of interesting things? Yes.

Totalmente de acuerdo.

Yeah.... using the 335 on this one... check out this live Sleepy Time Time version. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a8eqqap8rMipmn0.html

That’s the look of a man who’d rather be getting a fix is what that is.

Its actually a look of sadness that all that energy they shared was coming to a end

Sad!

David Brown We get a little when he did Crossroads

you cant blame them, their was no president, before this it was covering glen miller

David Brown it was jacks wife

@@emailercc3565 There are many well-shot concerts from this time, including Jimi at this same Royal Albert Hall.

thank you I am arguing with people on another cream vid about that, I said the same thing an everyone is putting me down, cause I read that some were he didn't want to be filmed cause he didn't want people using his technique or whatever an not cause he was shy

idk about note for note...

+larkyleroy note for note is just note for note. It doesn't signify an ounce of feeling or soul in playing, which Jack, Ginger, and Eric had. Technique is one thing..

I always dug the way the SG Eric played as well. Watching Robben Ford in the early 70s and Carlton is what made me want to get a 335. Cheers

YES. The whole Wheels of Fire was pure Jack, there was Pressed Rat and Warthog in it, was Ginger's thing alright, but still the harmony, the lyrics, instruments...I mean Jack Bruce was the practical front man

Well said Ur spot on

THe whole film was a disgrace. Bloody Tony Palmer and the BBC.. Fucking morons.

very true and sad what a shame

Man you got that right! Top of Jack’s head and not a frame of Clapton through the whole solo. Must’ve been high, lol

@@meatballcrusher they prolly didnt know which "guitar player" was playing the solo lmao

One of my favorites! I love the studio version from Wheels of Fire too. I wonder what guitars he used on that album. I'm sure he used The Fool and probably the Firebird.

+Alex Green probably one of those into a fuzz pedal and a twin reverb. Thats at least what i think

Thats a WORKIN MANS lament if there ever was one !

Richie Rollo - worst camerawork of all time. it ruins the whole thing !

The 'camera man' was Jack Bruce's girl friend. So, just forget EC.

Richie Rollo don't worrie to much about the video. man these music is staggering brilliance.

According the the director, Tony Palmer, he supplied the BBC with plenty of good footage, but because they wanted to make an 'art film' most of it ended up on the cutting room floor. This footage is now considered 'lost'. 4 static cameras and two hand-held were used to film the concert, with Tony Palmer himself filming from the front of the stage with a 16mm film camera.